Re: git: af93fea71038 - main - timerfd: Move implementation from linux compat to sys/kern

On Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 4:37 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote on
> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:49:16 UTC :
>
> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:27 PM Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > > . . .
> > >
> >
> > . . .
> >
> > And I totally acknowledge there were some issues with the import. I
> > accept responsibility for not catching them. thankfully, Jake is working
> > to address them and we have enough time before 14.0. I'm also making
> > notes for what to do differently next time. One is clearly to loop Alexey
> > into the process: I didn't think about it before the commit, but in
> > hindsight
> > it's really something I should have done.
> >
>
>
> I'll note that https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/schedule/
> makes no distinction for KBI breakage types of changes vs. KBI
> changes in general for its listed KBI restriction:
>
> QUOTE
> Code slush begins / KBI freeze 4 August 2023 3 August 2023
> . . . Additionally, there can be no changes to the KBI
> until main is branched to stable/14.
> END QUOTE
>
> I'd not know if the wording is stronger than the intent. It is
> difficult to word things for a complicated intent. But, for
> all I know, the wording could match the intent.
>

Several other additions happened in that time frame. I've always read it as
"to established" before KBIs.

But this is really more an ABI addition to userland.  No K involved.

Warner

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